The Natural: Malamud's Metamyth of a Moral Will Through the Moral Hero

The Natural Malamud's Metamyth of a Moral Will Through the Moral Hero

Roy Hobbs was born to be a Great Man. In addition to the physical gifts of a natural athlete, Roy possesses the traits of a moral hero: empathy, reflectivity, and autonomy. Yet he fails both as baseball hero and moral hero. Why? InThe Natural, Malamud tackles the age-old philosophical problem of fre...

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Published in:Soundings (Nashville, Tenn.) Vol. 97; no. 1; pp. 100 - 125
Main Author: Salinas, Oscar
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Pennsylvania State University Press 01-02-2014
Penn State University Press
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Determinism
Evil
Free will
Games
Heroes
Love
Metaphysics
Moral judgment
Morality
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Abstract Roy Hobbs was born to be a Great Man. In addition to the physical gifts of a natural athlete, Roy possesses the traits of a moral hero: empathy, reflectivity, and autonomy. Yet he fails both as baseball hero and moral hero. Why? InThe Natural, Malamud tackles the age-old philosophical problem of free will versus determinism. Through narrative, he presents the novel argument that though there is no free will, there is the possibility of a moral will through determinism, in particular through the example of the moral hero who has been nurtured to be strong enough to be good.
AbstractList Roy Hobbs was born to be a Great Man. In addition to the physical gifts of a natural athlete, Roy possesses the traits of a moral hero: empathy, reflectivity, and autonomy. Yet he fails both as baseball hero and moral hero. Why? InThe Natural, Malamud tackles the age-old philosophical problem of free will versus determinism. Through narrative, he presents the novel argument that though there is no free will, there is the possibility of a moral will through determinism, in particular through the example of the moral hero who has been nurtured to be strong enough to be good.
Roy Hobbs was born to be a Great Man. In addition to the physical gifts of a natural athlete, Roy possesses the traits of a moral hero: empathy, reflectivity, and autonomy. Yet he fails both as baseball hero and moral hero. Why? In The Natural, Malamud tackles the age-old philosophical problem of free will versus determinism. Through narrative, he presents the novel argument that though there is no free will, there is the possibility of a moral will through determinism, in particular through the example of the moral hero who has been nurtured to be strong enough to be good.
Author Oscar Salinas
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Evil
Free will
Games
Heroes
Love
Metaphysics
Moral judgment
Morality
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